Today Year 4 investigated Maori rongoa. We made and tried kawakawa tea. Lasly we recorded the recipe.
Monday 26 September 2022
Monday 19 September 2022
Investigating Herbs
Year Four spent time using their senses to explore the herbs we grow at school. We're investigating how we can use our herbs for food, drinks and medicine.
Sunday 11 September 2022
Our Eco Warriors Become Pest Free Cadets
Today Ethan from Pest Free Howick held his first of five sessions with our Eco Leaders. Ethan began his journey in sustainability just like our tamariki, in his school enviro group; now he is studying environmental science at university and working for Pest Free Howick.
Follow our learning journey across the five session in this slide deck: Pest Free Cadetship
Toru Ako mo nga heihei
Haere mai Te Wiki o te Reo Maori,
Year 3 learnt about our heihei (chickens) today with a fun scavenger hunt. We use our Waka hens to convert food scraps into eggs and fertiliser, instead of sending them off to landfill. Did you know chickens can recognise 100 faces?
Monday 5 September 2022
Year Five Eco Warriors
Year Six Pop Up Estuary Exhibition
Year Six are championing our unique estuary animals. We want to get the word out about who is living in our estuary and how we can protect...
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The last minute cancellation of our Eco Warriors Adopt a Park trip, gave us the opportunity to harvest our kumara for a wonderful Matariki F...
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Today Year 2 discovered that bees communicate with each other by dancing. Next we learnt some dance moves. Then we choreographed our own d...
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Rooms 1 & 2 investigated how we can grow beans in the new Mara Kai. We looked at a bean close up and wondered what a seed needs to gr...